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A Very Harvard Book Store Introduction

Back by the fiction section this month you'll
find our latest "Very Harvard Book Store Introduction" display. Check
out staff picks of some of
our favorite writing on spies and espionage, from
Harriet the Spy to
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.

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New on Our Shelves

Fiction

New York 2140:A Novel

by Kim Stanley Robinson

$28.00

Orbit, hardcover

Bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson returns with a vision of New York City in the next century, as sea levels rise. For the
residents of one apartment building in Madison Square, New York in the
year 2140 is far from drowned, but a sequence of events threatens the long-hidden foundations on which the city rests.

Nonfiction

Madame President:The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

by Helene Cooper

$27.00

Simon & Schuster, hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Helene Cooper tells the harrowing life story of Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf, leader of the Liberian women's movement, winner of the
Nobel Peace Prize, and the first democratically elected female
president in African history.

Scholarly

Numbers and the Making of Us:Counting and the Course of Human Cultures

by Caleb Everett

$27.95

Harvard University Press, hardcover

Caleb Everett brings together new
insights in psychology, anthropology, primatology, linguistics, and
other disciplines in this account of how numbers radically enhanced our species' cognitive capabilities and sparked a revolution in human culture.

Kids & Young Adult

Bravo!:Poems About Amazing Hispanics

by Margarita Engle

$18.99

Henry Holt and Co., hardcover

This illustrated poetry collection
celebrates the accomplishments and cultural contributions of Latinos
from many different countries and backgrounds (also available in a Spanish language edition).

Having grown up outside of the witching community, eleven year old Katy Moore must find her place in the world of magic and middle school.

Remainders

Remainders
are bargain books, new books at used-book prices. We have a limited
number of copies of these titles, so if you see something that you're
interested in, come in and check it out soon. To see more of our
Remainders section, visit our Remainders page.

T
he Love Object:Selected Stories

by Edna O'Brien

$7.99, hardcover (originally $30.00)

Collected here for the first time are stories spanning five decades of writing by short story master Edna O'Brien. These thirty-one stories provide, among other things, a cumulative portrait of Ireland, seen from within and without.

History:The Definitive Visual Guide

by Adam Hart-Davis

$24.99, hardcover (originally $50.00)

DK's History is a journey from prehistory to the present day, revealing the common threads and forces that have shaped human history.

Political Order and Political Decay:From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy

by Francis Fukuyama

$8.99, paperback (originally $18.00)

Taking
up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal,
and accountable political institutions, Francis Fukuyama examines the
deep dysfunctions of contemporary American politics and reckons
with the future of democracy.

Recent Finds in the Used Department

Featured used books go fast, so if any
titles interest you, stop in to check them out soon. We will hold the
book if you are the first caller to reserve it. To reserve a book, call
(617) 661-1515 and ask for our Used Department. We're also always
looking for books to buy. Learn about selling your used books, including textbooks, here.

Mother, China, and the World Beyond

by Henry Miller

Originally published by Capra Press in 1977

$15.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition

"This
text was inspired by a dream in which I died and found myself in
Devachan (limbo) where I ran into my mother whom I hated all my life."
--Henry Miller, from the prefatory note

Young Cherry Trees Secured Against Hares

by André Breton

Originally published by Ann Arbor Paperbacks in 1969

$20.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition

This bilingual collection of poems by surrealist André Breton explores the poet-critic's views of the world in all its upheavals, both individual and societal.

Let's See:Writings on Art from The New Yorker

by Peter Schjeldahl

Originally published by Thames & Hudson in 2008

$15.00 (hardcover) in Very Good condition

Covering subjects drawn from a broad
canvas of the history of art, the writings of Peter Schjeldahl --
published together in a single volume for the first time -- seek out the
essence of individual artists and works without losing sight of big
picture questions on beauty and the meaning of American art.

Debut novelist Ellen Umansky presents The Fortunate Ones,
in which a work of art connects the lives and fates of two different
women, generations apart. The author is joined in conversation by local
writer Joanna Rakoff.

At Harvard Book Store

The Harvard Square Book Circle

Mon, Mar 20, 7PM

This month the Harvard Square Book Circle, our in-store book club, will discussNo Knives in the Kitchens of this City.